In the present contribution, an overview of the Chinese lexicographical activity of neologisms and borrowings of the latest 30 years will be provided; secondly, the controversy on the neologisms and in particular on the Western-lettered words of CCD6 will be considered in the light of the decade-long contest over the Chinese lexicon and the presence therein of borrowings, which in turn resembles a debate going on in the 1950s. I will finally formulate a hypothesis that the attention focussed on neologisms and on foreign acronyms does not help ascertain the actual presence of Chinese-looking borrowings in present Chinese lexicon.
PELLIN, T. (2014). The sixth edition of the Contemporary Chinese dictionary and the “linguistic lawsuit”. HAMBURG : Kovac.
The sixth edition of the Contemporary Chinese dictionary and the “linguistic lawsuit”
PELLIN, Tommaso
2014
Abstract
In the present contribution, an overview of the Chinese lexicographical activity of neologisms and borrowings of the latest 30 years will be provided; secondly, the controversy on the neologisms and in particular on the Western-lettered words of CCD6 will be considered in the light of the decade-long contest over the Chinese lexicon and the presence therein of borrowings, which in turn resembles a debate going on in the 1950s. I will finally formulate a hypothesis that the attention focussed on neologisms and on foreign acronyms does not help ascertain the actual presence of Chinese-looking borrowings in present Chinese lexicon.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
